RAF Waterbeach

airport in Cambridgeshire, England

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1941 WJ  site, Royal Air Force station, air base, Royal Air Force, United Kingdom

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Location: 52.2744, 0.19, ///layered.scouted.webcams, Google, Bing, Aerial View, OldMapsOnline, ESRI Imagery, Historic Markers, KML, NLS, OS,  eDoB, 

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1326-10-04T00:00:00Z

Capture of Cambridge

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Frameless

A Lancester is loaded with food parcels during the Hungerwinter in the Netherlands 1945

De Havilland Comet CMk.2

De Havilland Comet C.Mk.4

Lancaster B Mark IIs at RAF Waterbeach July 1944 IWM CL 4213

Lancasters at RAF Waterbeach ready for bombing Caen area July 1944 IWM CL 4214

Loading Lancaster at RAF Waterbeach for Operation Manna 1945 CL 2489

Loading Lancaster at RAF Waterbeach for Operation Manna 1945 IWM CH 15159

Short Stirling bomber N6101

Stirling of 7 sqn

Type	Date	Description	Keywords	Notes	Source
link		Freebase entry@			Wikidata
link		Subterranea Britannica article@			Wikidata
conflict	1326	Capture of Cambridge	battle		Wikidata
conflict		Operation Epsilon	military operation, google		Wikidata
bunker		Cambridge Regional War Room	bunker		Wikidata
bunker		Cambridgeshire South Cambridgeshire District Emergency Centre	civil defense center		Wikidata
bunker		Ely East Cambridgeshire District Council Emergency Centre	civil defense center		Wikidata
bunker		Saffron Walden Uttlesford District Council Emergency Centre	civil defense center		Wikidata
castle	1144	Burwell Castle	enclosure castle, archaeological site, google, tripadvisor		Wikidata
castle		Huntingdon Castle	motte-and-bailey castle, google, tripadvisor		Wikidata
museum	1946	Airborne Assault	military museum, regimental museum, tripadvisor		Wikidata
museum		Blacked-out Britain War Museum	military museum		Wikidata
museum	1977	Imperial War Museum Duxford	military museum, national museum, google, tripadvisor		Wikidata
museum	1938	RAF Bassingbourn	military museum, Royal Air Force station, air base, google		Wikidata
museum	1964	Royal Anglian Regiment Museum	independent museum, regimental museum, tripadvisor		Wikidata
museum	1984	Waterbeach Military Heritage Museum	military museum		Wikidata
image	1945	A Lancester is loaded with food parcels during the Hungerwinter in the Netherlands 1945			Wikimedia
image	1963	De Havilland Comet CMk.2			Wikimedia
image	1963	De Havilland Comet C.Mk.4			Wikimedia
image	1944	Lancaster B Mark IIs at RAF Waterbeach July 1944 IWM CL 4213			Wikimedia
image	1944	Lancasters at RAF Waterbeach ready for bombing Caen area July 1944 IWM CL 4214			Wikimedia
image	1945	Loading Lancaster at RAF Waterbeach for Operation Manna 1945 CL 2489			Wikimedia
image	1945	Loading Lancaster at RAF Waterbeach for Operation Manna 1945 IWM CH 15159			Wikimedia
image	1942	Short Stirling bomber N6101			Wikimedia
image	1942	Stirling of 7 sqn			Wikimedia